US 9,541,057 B2Granted

Regulation valve control based on fluid level changes

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsGiuseppe Longobardi, Scot MacLellan

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Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for energy production from fluid. In a step, the computer determines if the rate of the fluid level increase in the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs is above a predetermined threshold. In a step, the computer sends a signal to a bypass valve to open and release fluid through a bypass fluid connection from the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs if the rate of the fluid level increase in the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs is above a predetermined threshold. In a step, the computer sends a signal to a regulation valve to open for fluid connection to one or more turbines if the fluid level of the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs is above the predetermined threshold level.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method for energy production from fluid, the method comprising:

receiving historical data relating to a first historical fluid flow pattern of fluid flow into a first reservoir of a set of one or more fluid reservoirs;
determining a fluid level in the one or more fluid reservoirs utilizing data received from one or more sensors;
determining a rate, with respect to time, of the fluid level increase within one of the one or more fluid reservoirs utilizing the data received from the sensors;
determining if the rate of the fluid level increase in the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs is larger than a predetermined threshold;
on condition that the rate is larger than the predetermined threshold, sending a signal to a bypass valve to open and release fluid through a bypass fluid connection from the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs;
determining a first fluid level threshold for the first fluid reservoir based on the first historical data;
determining if the first fluid level threshold is reached in the one of the first fluid reservoir;
and
on condition that the first fluid threshold is reached, sending a signal to a regulation valve to open for fluid connection from the first fluid reservoir to one or more turbines.

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A computer program product for energy production from fluid, the computer program product comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to:
receive historical data relating to a first historical fluid flow pattern of fluid flow into a first reservoir of a set of one or more fluid reservoirs;
determine a fluid level in the one or more fluid reservoirs utilizing data received from one or more sensors;
determine a rate, with respect to time, of the fluid level increase within one of the one or more fluid reservoirs utilizing the data received from the sensors;
determine if the rate of the fluid level increase in the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs is larger than a predetermined threshold;
on condition the rate is larger than the predetermined threshold, send a signal to a bypass valve to open and release fluid through a bypass fluid connection from the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs;
determine a first fluid level threshold for the first fluid reservoir based on the first historical data;
determine if the first fluid level threshold is reached in the first fluid reservoir;
and
on condition that the first fluid threshold is reached, send a signal to a regulation valve to open for fluid connection from the first fluid reservoir to one or more turbines.

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A computer system for energy production from fluid, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer-readable storage media;
program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to:
receive historical data relating to a first historical fluid flow pattern of fluid flow into a first reservoir of a set of one or more fluid reservoirs;
determine a fluid level in the one or more fluid reservoirs utilizing data received from one or more sensors;
determine a rate, with respect to time, of the fluid level increase within one of the one or more fluid reservoirs utilizing the data received from the sensors;
determine if the rate of the fluid level increase in the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs is larger than a predetermined threshold;
on condition that the rate is larger than the predetermined threshold, send a signal to a bypass valve to open and release fluid through a bypass fluid connection from the one of the one or more fluid reservoirs;
determine a first fluid level threshold for the first fluid reservoir based on the first historical data;
determine if the first fluid level threshold is reached in the first fluid reservoir;
and
on condition that the first fluid threshold is reached, send a signal to a regulation valve to open for fluid connection from the first fluid reservoir to one or more turbines.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.